fresh fruit smoothies - please explain!!

[raquelscatt]

i am struggling to get my head around the fact that fruit smoothies carry syns.

i have been making smoothies consisting of a banana, strawberries and milk as hexa. this is ultra healthy but in terms of sw is not! i can understand why cooked fruits are synned but not eating them as a smoothie.

can someone please explain?

 

[AnnaFaraday]

The theory behind it is that if you have fruit juiced or pureed, you are likely to eat more of it than if you ate it whole. Also, as a drink it would be less filling than the whole fruit.

 

[jaylou]

Thank you. Was just going to copy this!

 

[raquelscatt]

But to be fair i find a smoothy very filling if i use 1 banana, handful of strawberries and milk from allowance over ice! For breakfast its very satisfying, moreso than if i ate a banana and strawberries on their own!!

 

[jaylou]

That's the reason though.
drink it and syn it to stay on plan

 

[WelshJojo]

 

[sweetierufus]

Love the diagram and it makes sense. Your body would take longer to digest fruit. I bought a smoothie maker 7 years ago and think I've used it 3 times. Many because its so much effort to clean up. Nothing can beat fresh strawberries and never liked them much in a smoothie.